Nevada, The Most Interesting Senate Race You Haven't Heard About?

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Voters deposit their mail in ballots on the first day of in-person early voting at Desert Vista Community Center on October 22, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker/Getty Images hide caption

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Voters deposit their mail in ballots on the first day of in-person early voting at Desert Vista Community Center on October 22, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina U.S. senator, is in an extremely close race against Republican Adam Laxalt, Nevada's former Attorney General. Flagging enthusiasm and shrinking support among the state's Latino voters could cost Cortez Masto reelection — and cost Democrats control of the chamber.

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